A new analysis suggests that genes play a much larger role in human longevity than previously believed. But lifestyle factors ...

New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors ...

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.

About 55% of the human lifespan is heritable, meaning that more than half of the observed variation in longevity across a ...

A large-scale study suggests that exercise variety—not just movement—could play a key role in living a longer, healthier life.

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...

A daily glass of orange juice has long been seen as a healthy ritual but does it actually protect your heart or help you live ...

Scientists have long believed that longevity is shaped by lifestyle choices; however, a new study reveals that genes may play a larger role in determining how long people live.

At 15, a Belgian prodigy finishes a quantum physics PhD and turns to AI-driven medicine, raising an unexpected question about ...

Just like you I want to live longer, so I went to a longevity conference to separate hope from hype. What I found was reassuring.